new question: If I install Easy Debian Turbo on a 4 gb card tomorrow to start and a week later get an 8 gb card, if I copy everything from the 4 to the 8 will that work? Or is it like a true install that to copy the contents to a new drive doesn't actualy work?
I don't understand your first question, but moving the file should be done only after you reboot the tablet, just to make sure the image file is closed.
You should be able to run Debian and Maemo apps simultaneously.
To try and clarify the "first question"; after Debian is installed to the n810, can I go into Applications and uninstall the Open Office portion from the "bundle" of apps that you have put together in the Easy Debian without any consequences? This would be to save some space on the SD card as I am assuming that the Open Office portion of the bundle is a pretty hefty part of that ISO file.
The ISO file size is fixed at 1.1 GB. You could remove OpenOffice with Synaptic, but it only frees up space inside the ISO file.
You can safely install Inkscape, and GIMP is already there. If you see another big graphics app you want to try, then you can remove OpenOffice (and Iceweasel too).
I have NO IDEA what I am doing nor how to manipulate this environment but thanks!
So, as far as removing Open Office then, it would really only give me more space inside of the alloted ISO filesize. So, is this space inside the ISO kind of like a partition? Also, what are the approximate file sizes of the Open Office Suite as well as the Iceweasel Browser? Once I uninstall these apps, will my 4 GB SD card show that I have more available memory than before I uninstalled them?
Thanks!
Trying to grasp alot of these new concepts at the same time so bare with me...
Also, to install Inkscape, I saw the info in your FAQ( see below ), so I guess I need to do this first. Where do I go to find Inkscape to install it from?
Q: I want to install more applications! How do I do that?
A: First, you have to update the repository lists. From the prompt in Debian Chroot menu item:
Code:
apt-get update
Now, you must get some space back! There's almost no extra room in the image file.
Code:
apt-get install localepurge; localepurge
This will get you at least 80MB back. You should probably do this first, before starting to install. Running out of space during an install in Debian is ugly.
Once I uninstall these apps, will my 4 GB SD card show that I have more available memory than before I uninstalled them?
No. Imagine that big ISO file is a cooler, Easy Debian applications are sodas inside it, and the SD card is the trunk of your car. You can take out some of the soda to make room for some beer, but regardless of how much soda or beer is (or isn't) inside the cooler, the cooler will always take up the same large amount of space in your trunk.
Alright going back to page 69 I did the samething as I did before and it worked. I had to do it all over again cause my damn thing had to be reflashed. Again, So now I do exactly what I did before and I get a mounting error telling me I cannot mount /dev/mmcblk1p1 to /debian. I edited the .chroot thing to IMGFILE=/dev/mmcblk1p1 and CHROOT=/debian . What am I doing wrong?
